enzyme
French, noun
enzyme is spelled E-N-Z-Y-M-E (6 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 27,365th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enzyme is a French feminine noun meaning “enzyme” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of enzymer. With an accent, enzymé is a different word: “past participle of enzymer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Molécule biologique, généralement une protéine (parfois un ARN, appelé ribozyme), qui catalyse une réaction…”.
What does enzyme mean in English?
noun
- 1
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verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of enzymer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Molécule biologique, généralement une protéine (parfois un ARN, appelé ribozyme), qui catalyse une réaction biochimique spécifique, transformant un ou plusieurs substrats en un ou plusieurs produits.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of enzyme
- enzymes plural
- enzymée feminine
- enzymés masculine plural
- enzymées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to enzyme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is enzyme in French?
enzyme appears 1.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).